Bits & Bobs

 He's so strong Pez. So brave. He's been through so much already. He's survived...

'Ok...I get it, you're in love with him. The question remains why are you not proposing to him?'

He was forced to hide who he was by his family. He was forced into a role he disliked by the Crown. He was forced to come out because of a media scandal. Hell I forced him into this relationship. He had decided to walk away Pez. I came after him. I can't be sorry about that because I would do it again. I can't live without him in my life. I love him Pez, I can't let him go but I will be damned if I take another decision away from him!

"Alex..." 

Pez, can I have a moment alone with my boyfriend? 

"What I can't understand Alexander, is why you've set up your boyfriend on a what is essentially a date with his celebrity crush? You can't possibly think our dear Hazza would cheat on you do you?"

"Of course not Pez. Henry would never. I trust him completely."

"Then why?"

"Look, Henry spent years hiding who he was. That witch of a grandmother saw to that. He decided that he would uphold that centuries of tradition. He walked away from me rather than fight history. I chased him. I convinced him. Then I screwed it up for him. Ramos released our emails and outed him to get back at me! He never got to choose. He never got decide. Who's to say that given the freedom to choose, I would have been the choice he would have made? He deserves this Pez. He deserves to be able to explore his attraction, to go out with a crush, be wooed by some hot guy who fancies him. I am too selfish to let him go but I love him too much to not at least give him the choice. " 

Henry barely heard Alex finish his sentence over the pounding of his heart. He felt his fingers dig into the palm of his hand. 

Bailey, cleared his throat and Henry remembered the man standing next to him. Henry could barely find it in him to take his eyes away from the love of his life but his impeccable manners were too much to ignore. Taking a deep breath, Henry closed his eyes and turned to face Bailey. 

"Bailey..."

"Henry, it was good to meet you and I had a wonderful night but I have to get going now and it seems like you have a lot of talking to do. "

Relief whooshed out of Henry together with the breath he had been holding.